I took these portraits of Catrìona in September 2021. We gathered in her gorgeous, elegant flat, close to the Edinburgh city centre. Catrìona is the kind of friend who stays with you for life. We met when we were Erasmus students in France, back in 2006. She was from the University of Stirling, I was coming from the University of Parma. We gathered for dinner with other students and started chatting. We stayed in touch ever since, albeit sporadically, until 2017 when I moved to Edinburgh. At that point, she also became a point of reference for me.

Catrìona is an artist. She is honest, open, generous, reliable, active, brave. Gifted with a deep sense of friendship, she is romantic, a geisha and a samurai together, calm and intense, somehow she is a pioneer. I love her and I wish her all the BEST!! That day she was dog-sitting Estelle, that happily agreed to become part of the shooting!